Fastening device



Apr. 24, 1923. 1,452,981

H. MUE'HLE FASTENING DEVICE Filed sept. 11 1922 is g" lumi` Ill PatentedApr. 24e, i923.

HERMAN MUEBLE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FASTENING DEVICE.

Application led September 11, 1922. Serial No. 587,547.

To all wzom t may conce-rn.'

Be it known that I, HERMAN MUEHLE, a citizen of the German Republic,residing at 10,009 Kennedy Ave., Cleveland, in the State of Ohio andCuyahoga County, have invented a new and useful Improvement in FasteningDevices, of which the following' is a specification, the principle ofthe invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I havecontemplated applying that principle so as to distinguish it from otherinventions.

My invention relates to a fastening device and more particularly to astrong, simple, durable structure, and sufficiently economical ofmanufacture to commend itself commercially as a quickly operable clampfor miscellaneous uses. The drawings exemplify its use as a clothes lineclamp.

Adverting t0 the drawing:

Figure I is a front elevation showing a device embodying my inventioncarried by a fixture such as a clothes pole and showing it in itsclamped position to hold the clothes line taut.

F igure II is a side elevation viewed on line II-II of Figure I.

Figure III is a view corresponding to Figure II showing the positionassumed by the parts of my device when in its unclamping position withits jaw open.

Figure IV is a horizontal section on line IV-IV of Figure I lookingdownwardly.

A back or supporting member l is firmly secured to a fixture 2 by meansof a plurality of screws 3. Projecting forwardly and then upwardly fromthe member l are a pair of spaced hooks l across which is mounted a pin5 acting as a pivot for a clamping member including a depending counterweight 6 and an upstanding clamp 7 which is movable toward and away fromthe support l between the hooks 4t and which has its side which isopposed to the support serrated at 8 after the manner of clamping aws.The depending weighted end 6 acts normally to tilt the jaw 7 bygravitational action to the open position shown in Fioure III.

Pivotally connected with a rivet 9 which is secured to the support l ata point below the end of the weight 6 is an operating lever l0 providedwith a handle l1 and fashioned with a cam surface l2 located behind theweighted end 6 and adapted when turned to shove and hold it outwardly asillustrated in Figure II thereby simultaneously moving the jaw 7 towardthe support l so that a rope I3 may be clamped therebetween.

In noperation, when the lever l1 is in its depending position as shownin dotted lines of Figure I the depression in the cam surface i2 will beuppermost, thus allowing the weighted end 6 to assume the position shownin Figure III and thereby carry the aw 7 to its open position. A clothesline may then be looped around the hooks 4 and when dra-wn taut may bereadily so held by simply throwing the lever Il upwardly to the positionshown in full line in Figure I. The operation is easy and quicklyeffected.

I claim :-A

l. A device of the character described comprising the combination of asupport, a clamping member pivotally mounted on said support and adaptedgravitationally to assume an inutile position, and an actuating leverconnected with said support for moving said member to its clampingposition.

2. A device of the character described comprising the combination of anupright' support, a clamping member pivotally mounted on said supportand adapted to swing in a substantially vertical plane, and an actuatinglever fashioned with a cam surface for moving said member toward saidsupport whereby to clamp an object therebetween.

3. A device of the character described comprising the combination of asupport carry-*ing an upstanding hook, a contrivance including a doublearmed lever adapted to move in a substantially vertical plane and onearm thereof across the bight of said hook to press against said supportand a clamp actuatingl member pivotally carried by said support andfashioned with a circular cam adapted to move between said support andthe other arm of said lever.

a. device of the character described comprising the combination of asupport fashioned with a hook, a counterweighted clamping member movablymounted on said hook and adapted to move toward and away from saidsupport and means for actuating said member toward said support wherebyto clamp an object therebetween.

5. A device of the character described comprising the combination of asupport, a lever having an intermediate portion pivotally mountedthereon, one part of said lever being adapted to act as a clamp inconjunction with said support7 and wedging means v @esegesi comprisingthe combination of a support7 a, structure niovably mounted on seidsupport and including a. clamp Kftdzipted to co-act therewith and alsoincluding a counter- Weight normally tending to move seid clamp to itsinutile position, and an actuating device connected with said supportfor engaging said counterweight to move said clamp to its clampingposition.

Signed by me, this 29th day of August, 1922.

HERMAN NEHLE.

